Howe Lindsay Blair, Constancy and Change: Marlboro South as an Interstice of Marginalization and Development in the Gauteng City-Region. A report on the historical, economic, and social conditions to inform the Corridors, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

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Networks of Communities: Analyzing Mobility with the myJozi application.

01.07.2015

Johannesburg, Südafrika (Republik)

Kommunikation mit der Öffentlichkeit

Kommunikation

Titel

Medien

Ort

Jahr

Neue Medien (Web, Blogs, Podcasts, NewsFeed, usw.)

Equal H2O: Mapping Access through Interviews

Guerilla Cartography

International

2016

Referate/Veranstaltungen/Ausstellungen

Networks of Communities: Analyzing Mobility with the myJozi application.

International

2015

Abstract

Twenty years after apartheid, Johannesburg’s urban constellations continue to reflect its history of spatial segregation and exemplify socio-spatial inequality. Despite the scope of urban research, progressive spatial development frameworks, and the construction of many residences through state programs and private developers, its structure remains marked by the enclaves and buffer zones ingrained during apartheid. Defining and testing a bottom-up approach to increase socio-spatial equality and improve intersectionality, entitled cooperative urbanism, is the primary goal of research. The project’s main hypothesis is that solutions relying on formal, top-down planning mechanisms often fail to address the everyday and informal patterns of the city; therefore, a strategy to reduce the socio-spatial inequality of the city, or its inequality footprint, must retrofit the existing urban fabric based on the needs and mobility patterns of low-income populations. A new concept of cooperative urbanism would therefore focus on its least privileged residents, creating opportunities for participatory processes, and improving transparency and fairness in urban development decision-making. This concept will be defined and tested by examining the everyday anchor points and trajectories of residents in selected urban probes, comparing these to development plans by the City of Johannesburg and Gauteng Region, and evaluating local attempts at urban renewal and participatory design. As such, the project is expected to contribute to current debate on how effective punctual, incremental interventions in the existing urban fabric are in improving urban equitability and sustainability.